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Salami Slicing, Boiled Frogs, and Russian Red Lines
An F-16 Fighting Falcon - the latest offensive weapon the West have agreed to supply to Ukraine Prime Minister, you believe in the nuclear deterrent? …
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Reconstruction at a time of war
How to help Ukraine win and recover
May 31 • 
Olena Sotnyk
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The Policy Paradox
The more obvious an idea is the less likely it will happen.
May 27 • 
Sam Freedman
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The Constitutional Consequences of Boris Johnson
Around ten days ago there was a conference in Bournemouth held by the Conservative Democratic Organisation or, as everyone else calls it, the “Bring…
May 24 • 
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Can Ukraine's Air Defence Systems Cope?
A case study in the value of Western weaponry
May 19 • 
Lawrence Freedman
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Beware the Squirrel
Why worries about AI killing us all are distracting from the real problems
May 17 • 
Verity Harding
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Why "Coalition of Chaos" won't work this time
The narrative shifted just as expected following the local elections. We moved sharply from “Sunak comeback” to “Labour is not on track for a majority…
May 13 • 
Sam Freedman
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A Victory Parade Without Victories - Take Two
A solitary WW2 era tank participates in Putin’s 2023 victory parade Vladimir Putin did not invent the idea of a great parade in Moscow to mark victory…
May 10 • 
Lawrence Freedman
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